The announcement of Blade, Marvel’s next big game, was very well received. However, one important question remains and is on everyone’s lips.
At The Game Awards 2023, Arkane Lyon announced its next title, a third-person action-adventure based on Marvel’s legendary vampire hunter Blade. The game, which will take place in Paris, marks a major turning point for the studio.
Blade, an Xbox exclusive?
Arkane Lyon’s reveal of Marvel’s Blade at the Game Awards caused a surprise and raised many questions about possible Xbox exclusivity. In fact, Arkane Lyon, part of Bethesda Softworks under the Microsoft umbrella, raises questions about the game’s exclusivity on the Xbox Series X/S. VG247 reached out to Bethesda for clarification on which platforms the game will be hosted on, but Bethesda declined to comment at this time…
This isn’t the first time a game from a Microsoft-owned studio has been the subject of speculation about its exclusivity. For example, The Outer Worlds 2 was released by Obsidian Entertainment for the Xbox Series
Unlike The Outer Worlds 2, a continuation of an existing franchise on multiple platforms, Marvel’s Blade is a new intellectual property, which makes the situation different and raises more questions about its exclusivity… And we can fear the Understanding PlayStation players.
More exclusive Microsoft products
As for console exclusives, Microsoft has announced the release of Senua’s Saga: Hellblade 2 in 2024, following Towerborne and Ara: History Untold. With the acquisition of Activision Blizzard, we can expect an increase in exclusives for the Xbox Series. It remains to be seen whether Blade will be one of these exclusives. Sony, on the other hand, did not address this question with its Marvel’s Spider-Man.
Who is Blade?
Blade, whose real name is Eric Cross Brooks, is a Marvel Comics character created by Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan. First appearing in 1973’s Tomb of Dracula #10, Blade is a vampire hunter dedicated to eradicating all vampires in the world. He is unique as a dhampir, a human-vampire hybrid since his tragic birth, who possesses superhuman abilities such as strength, speed, agility, accelerated healing, and immunity to vampire bites. Blade is also a master martial artist, swordsman and marksman and has extensive knowledge of vampire folklore.
